Ms Liz Truss, the front runner in the Conservative leadership race, has branded Chinese tech giants a security risk, called to arm Taiwan and, in private, labelled China's crackdown in Xinjiang a genocide, according to reports. Mr Rishi Sunak has named China the"biggest long-term threat to Britain".
They'll be in line with the US, which is keen for allies to support it in more clearly taking on China over human rights issues. "There will be a cost in terms of diplomatic relations and probably in the Chinese willingness to invest in capital projects here," said Royal United Services Institute Chairman David Lidington, the de facto deputy to Ms Theresa May when she was prime minister.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian has accused Mr Sunak and Ms Truss of"hyping up the so-called China threat" for political one-oneupmanship. That alliance was strengthened with the creation of the Aukus partnership, designed to counter China's growing clout in the Indo-Pacific.Growing trade
Tens of thousands of Chinese students studying in Britain contribute £2.5 billion annually to the economy, while 880,000 Chinese tourist visits brought in £1.7 billion in the year before the pandemic. Total trade between the two countries jumped 5.5 per cent to £93.4 billion in the year through March.
straits_times Just going through the motion. She will win no matter how good Sunak is.
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